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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Guvna B Good Morning I did a workshop in a prison recently and one of the men asked me, what do you fear most. I thought about it, and the truth is my answer would probably change depending on the day. But that day, my biggest fear was not using the gift God blessed me with. If you know me, you’ll know I’ve become fascinated by the story of Vivian Maier. She even inspired the title of one of my albums, Everywhere and Nowhere. You might have heard of her, but for the eighty three years she was alive, hardly anyone had. She took around a hundred thousand photographs of working class American life, but printed very few. After she died, a box of undeveloped negatives was bought at an auction by a historian. He began piecing together her story and today her work is celebrated around the world. But it came too late for her to enjoy it. What I love is that while she was alive, she used her gift anyway. Life threw its curveballs, but she kept making space for what she loved. I’m a rapper, and I’ve been out of action for a while. But recently I started recording music again, with no expectations. It feels good. I’m trying to love and use my gift, even if nobody cares, because that’s what it’s there for. My prayer is that I learn to fall in love with the process again, rather than the results, and that there’s a satisfaction I feel from using the talents God has given me. Thanks for the inspiration Viv. Amen